Portable window-balcony for flowers



(No Model.) V J. B. MARCH.

PORTABLE WINDOW BALCONY FOR FLOWERS. No. 443,369. Patented Dec; 23, 1890.

'Q Watnessexil UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEANNETTE B. MARCH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PORTABLE WINDOW-BALCONY FOR FLOWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,369, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed April 11, 1890. Serial No. 347,427. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J EANNETTE B. MARCH, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Vindow Balconies for Flowers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin a portable Window-balcony for flowers; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable folding flower-balcony for windows, and which is designed to be secured to the building outside of the window to receive pots of flowers and vines, and which is so constructed as to be adapted to windows with or without shutters.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a balcony which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the balcony, the window-siil and the supporting parts of the balcony, which are secured thereto, being also shown in section. Fig. 4 isa detached view of the eyebolts to which the brackets are pivotally connected.

A represents a suitable metallic frame, which maybe made rounding or angular, and to which the other parts of the balcony are to be attached in any suitable manner. The vertical end piece B and the front piece B will be made of any suitable material, and are pivoted at the .points V to the corners of the frame A, so that they can be swung down, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2and These vertical pieces B 13 are made separate from each other and are held in avertical position by means of suitable catches 6. These sides and ends may be given any ornamental appearance that may be desired and will be made to conform to the shape of the frame A, to which they are attached.

Detachably fastened to the frame A by means of suitable holding devices a of any kind is the bottom 0, which is preferably proplaced may be made of iron, earthenware, or

any other suitable material. Secured to the under side of this bottom 0 is a suitable guide G, of any suitable construction, and in which the inner end of a sliding plate or support II is made to catch. This support II has its outer ends turned upward and inward, so as to eX- tend over the top of the wooden part of the window-sill, so as to receive a screw, nail, or other fastening device. For the purpose of forming a secure fastening for the inner end of this slide II there is to be inserted into the window-sill a screw-socket I, which is provided with a perforated flange at its upper edge, and through this flange fastening-screws are to be passed. The inner perforated portion of the slide H extends over the top of this nietallic socket I, and a screw J, having a handle upon its upper end or a means of any kind attached to it for the purpose of enabling it to be turned readily, is used, and this screw J is passed through the inner corner of the slide II into the socket I, as shown.

In order to enable the slide H to be more securely attached to the metallic socket I, a flange is struck down from the slide where the perforation is made through it for the screw to pass through, and this flange fits inside of the upper end of the socket and thus assists in securing the slide in position. This 1netallic socket and its screw J afford a much stronger and safer fastening for the inner end of the slide II,which has to support the greater part of the weight of the balcony, than would be furnished by any ordinary screw or nail.

In order to hold the slide II rigidly in position, there are formed both through the slide and the guide through which it moves slots L, and through these slots a clamping device of any kind is passed, so that after the slide has once been adjusted upon the sill it can be securely clamped in position.

The brackets P are secured to the outer side of the window-sill by means of the headed I 1.111 a llower-lhtlcony, the combination,

nails W, which pass through the openings X with the horizontal frame having transverse and into slots extendingupward from the said openings and which are smaller than the heads of the nails. Upon the upper ends of these brackets are formed headed revolving catches (I, which pass through suitable openings made in the .t'rame A, and by means of which the frame and the brackets can be fast ened together securely. by turning the heads of the catches in a line with the openings I), through which they pass, the brackets can be moved downward until the heads of the nails \V arewithin the openings X, when they can be removed.

\Vhen this balcony is to be used upon a house where there are shutters and it is desired at any time to close the shutters, the flower-pots must be removed and the bottom 0 lifted out. The end and front pieces are then unfastencd at their upper corners and allowed to hang downward, as shown by dotted iines in Figs. 2 and 3, the balcony offering no obstruction whatever to the opening and closing of the shutters. The screw-socket I, being adapted to be sunk into the window-frame so as to be justtlush therewith, forms an invisible screw-holder and prevents any obstruction from being formed upon the window frame.

Having thus described my invention I claimperforations, of eyebolts which have their straight portions passed through the perform tions and secured therein anda bracket having a horizontal upper portion which is hinged in the eye of the bolt, substantially as described.

Q. The cotnbination of the bottom of the balcony with the guide G, which is secured to its under side and provided with a slot, the slide ll, which moves in the guide and has its inner end shaped so as to extend over the lower edge of the window-guide, and brackets for supporting the balcony, substantially as specified.

15. The combination, with thebottom of the balcony, having a guide, of a slide which movesin the guide, having its inner end bent to extend over the window-sill, the metallic socket in the window-sill, the screw which passes through the bent end of the slide, and the brackets for supporting the balcony, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I at'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEANN ETTE 13. M Alttfl l.

Witnesses.

E. P. ELLIS, ll. J. Evans. 

